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Archos' Upgraded AV500 Jukebox Detailed

Posted by simoniker on from the geek-toy-heaven dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to a piece on Mobilemag.com, the Archos AV500, newly shown at Cebit 2004 in Germany, will be the all-in-one answer to the clutter of handheld devices - this is a PVP [personal video player] and PDA combo handheld around the size of a Jornada with 20 or 40 gigs storage. Watch movies, read emails, connect your digital camera for backup, the list goes on.." The piece also notes: "Archos also added EPG (Electronic Programming Guide) technology, to allow you to control the AV500 with a remote control as a video player/recorder."

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  1. Re:What's going on here? by Mr.+Certainly · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Once again, thinking with your wallet. I for one am sick and tired of being crammed down our gullet and up our asses with "business advertising". Sure, it'd be a nice toy, but if I'm gonna have to see ads on it, it'd be an even better dog toy.

  2. Re:What's going on here? by panthro · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Our natural surroundings have become boring, evidently. Kids don't play outside anymore, they play with 2.9 billion forms of electronic media. People in general are getting less social and more introverted, and a good way to get there is to minimize actual direct communication with other people by communicating through 2.9 billion forms of electronic media. They want to shield themselves from the world (read: other people) all day long -- hence the quest for the ultimate portable media fix.

    I grew up in the 90's and am an electrical engineer, but I'd take friends around a campfire over an ICQ contact list on a backlit LCD screen any day.

    --
    If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
  3. Next, the high-tech boom box by Animats · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    It's time for a new generation of boom box. You could cram quite a bit into one of those big boxes. The list:
    • Stores music on a big disk drive.
    • Exchanges music with nearby devices using a WiFi link.
    • Full DJ features: mixing, scratching, synching, effects, etc.
    • "Instant party" mode: connects to other boxes over the WiFi link, so everybody brings a boom box, slaves to the DJ, and all the slave boxes act as amps.
    • Keyboard and screen for general Internet use, plus PDA capabiliites.
    • 3G cell phone.
    • Microphone and camera.
    • GPS receiver.
    • Anti-theft system, including remote link to car anti-theft system.
    • $129.95 after rebate.